IMPROVED FLOOR MAT Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: shoe sole cleaning mat.

SUBSTANCE: floor mat has adhesive part equipped with adhesive upper surface open for contacting with individual's shoe sole surface, and anti-skid component adapted for contacting with individual's shoe sole, said anti-skid component being bound with adhesive part for preventing from sliding on adhesive part when the latter is wet. Floor mat may comprise basic part having non-adhesive upper surface open for contacting with individual's shoe sole and adhesive part bound with basic part and equipped with adhesive upper surface open for contacting with shoe sole thereon. Insert for floor mat is configured so as to allow it to be detachably urged into slot provided in basic part of floor mat. Insert has adhesive upper surface open for contacting with individual's shoe sole thereon and basic part has non-adhesive upper surface adapted for contacting with individual's shoe sole thereon. Basic part of floor mat is configured so as to allow it to be bound with adhesive part when the former is in its operating position, with basic part having non-adhesive upper surface open for contacting with shoe sole and adhesive part having upper surface open for contacting with individual's shoe sole thereon. Floor mat may comprise adhesive part having adhesive surface open for contacting with individual's shoe sole and anti-skid component adapted for contacting with shoe sole. Anti-skid component is bound with adhesive part for preventing sliding on adhesive part when the latter is wet. Basic part of floor mat has non-adhesive upper surface open for contacting with shoe sole. Basic part is provided with slot and adhesive part is adapted for detachable insertion into slot. Floor mat comprises multiplicity of adhesive layers wherein each adhesive layer is configured so as to allow it to be detachably inserted into slot of basic part of floor mat, and adhesive upper surface open for contacting with individual's shoe sole. Each adhesive layer has multiplicity of through openings adapted for receiving therethrough of protruding members of anti-skid component when each of adhesive layers is inserted into slot of basic part for preventing sliding on each wet adhesive layer.

EFFECT: increased efficiency in cleaning of individual's shoe sole without sliding of shoe sole on wet adhesive part of mat.

104 cl, 22 dwg